Sydney Finkelstein
Steven Roth Professor of Management
BComm, Concordia University, 1980; MSc, London School of Economics, 1981;
PhD, Columbia University, 1988 Areas of expertiseStrategy and leadership
Current research topicsWhy smart executives fail, early warning signs for corporate disasters, keys to
leadership success and failure, learning from mergers and acquisitions, lessons for boards of director effectiveness
Selected PublicationsWith J.B. Quinn and P.C. Anderson, "Managing Professional Intellect: Making
the Most of the Best," Harvard Business Review, 74 (March–April), 1996; with J.
Haleblian, "The Influence of Organization Acquisition Experience on Acquisition
Performance: A Behavioral Learning Theory Perspective," Administrative Science
Quarterly, 44, 1999; with M.A. Geletkanycz and B. Boyd, "The Strategic Value of
CEO External Directorate Networks: Implications for CEO Compensation,"
Strategic Management Journal, 22, 2001; with A. Mooney, "Not the Usual
Suspects: How to Use Board Process to Make Boards Better," Academy of
Management Executive, May 2003; Why Smart Executives Fail: And What You
Can Learn From Their Mistakes, Portfolio, 2003; with D.C. Hambrick and
A. Mooney, "Executive Job Demands: New Insights for Expanding Strategic
Decisions and Leader Behaviors," Academy of Management Review, 30, 2005;
with C. Helfat, W. Mitchell, M. Peteraf, H. Singh, D. Teece, and S. Winter,
Dynamic Capabilities: Understanding Strategic Change in Organizations,
Blackwell Publishing, 2007; with C. Harvey and T. Lawton, Breakout Strategy:
Meeting the Challenge of Double-Digit Growth, McGraw-Hill, 2007; with D.C.
Hambrick and A. Cannella, Strategic Leadership: Theory and Research on
Executives, Top Management Teams, and Boards, Oxford University Press, 2008;
with J. Whitehead and A. Campbell, Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad
Decisions and How to Keep It From Happening to You, Harvard Business School
Press, 2009
AwardsBest Article of 1997, Academy of Management Executive; Academy of
Management George R. Terry Award nominee, 1998; Honorable Mention,
McKinsey & Company Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper, 2002;
finalist, Best Article of 2004, Academy of Management Executive; elected as a
Fellow, Academy of Management
Professional Activities
Academic positions: Assistant Professor of Business Administration, University of Southern California, 1987–93; Tuck School of Business, 1993–present
Board memberships: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Assembly of Overseers, Kimball Union Academy
Editorial positions: Editorial Boards, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Business Strategy, Strategic Organization
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